"What?" Huo Qinglin's face turned dark and terrifying the moment he heard her say she had fallen for someone else. The handsome features were now overshadowed by fury, his voice stripped of the tenderness from earlier and replaced with rage: "Banxia, are you playing me for a fool?"
Lin Banxia knew he would definitely fly into a rage on the spot, but she wasn't afraid. Her tone remained calm, as though indifferent: "I didn't expect you to propose to me in front of so many people. Qinglin, I'm truly sorry. I originally planned to use this opportunity to have a proper talk with you. But you... sigh. If I'd known you would propose in front of such a crowd, I should have told you about this earlier."
"Lin Banxia, you don't want to marry me?" Huo Qinglin's anger exploded in an instant. He couldn't have imagined that Lin Banxia would dare to reject him.
Of course, losing face was a small matter; losing the property deed for the pear garden was something that could kill him.
